Sabrá Dios – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: José José

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into the soulful world of Spanish romanticism with José José. By listening to 'Sabrá Dios,' you can master the art of expressing deep emotion and learn poetic, idiomatic expressions regarding fate and destiny in Spanish.

[English]

God only knows

Whether you love me or you're deceiving me

Since I cannot guess

I'll keep thinking that you love me

Only me

In reality, I have no right

To doubt you

Or to not live happily

But I have a feeling it's not with me

Even though you are here

God only knows

...

One never truly knows anything

I'll be ashamed if this love

Fails simply

Because of my mistake

...

And I must be crazy

To torment myself

For no reason

But I am going to fight

Until I tear this thankless lie

Out of my heart

...

God only knows

...

One never truly knows anything

I'll be ashamed if this love

Fails simply

Because of my mistake

And I must be crazy

To torment myself

For no reason

But I am going to fight

Until I tear this thankless lie

Out of my heart

...

[Spanish]

Sabrá dios

Si tu me quieres o me engañas

Como no adivinio

Seguiré pensando que me quieres

Solamente a mí

No tengo derecho en realidad

Para dudar de ti

O para no vivir feliz

Pero yo presiento que no es conmigo

Aunque estés aqui

Sabrá dios

Uno no sabe nunca nada

Me dará verguenza si este amor

Fracasa nada más

Por mi equivocación

Y debo de estar loco

Para atormentarme

Sin haber razón

Pero voy a luchar

Hasta arrancar esta ingrata mentira

De mi corazón

Sabrá dios

Uno no sabe nunca nada

Me dará verguenza si este amor

Fracasa nada más

Por mi equivocación

Y debo estar loco

Para atormentarme

Sin haber razón

Pero voy a luchar

Hasta arrancar esta ingrata mentira

De mi corazón

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
Sabrá saˈβɾa A2	verb - Will know (future tense of to know)
Engañas eŋˈɡaɲas B1	verb - To deceive or cheat
Adivino aðiˈβino B2	verb - To guess or predict
Derecho deˈɾetʃo A2	noun - Right (entitlement)
Dudar duˈðaɾ A2	verb - To doubt
Presiento pɾeˈsjento C1	verb - To have a presentiment or gut feeling
Vergüenza βerˈɣwenθa A2	noun - Shame or embarrassment
Fracasa fɾaˈkasa B1	verb - To fail
Equivocación ekiβokaˈθjon B1	noun - Mistake or error
Atormentarme atoɾmenˈtaɾme C1	verb - To torment oneself
Razón raˈθon A2	noun - Reason
Luchar luˈtʃaɾ A2	verb - To fight or strive
Arrancar aˈraŋkaɾ B2	verb - To pull out or uproot
Ingrata iŋˈɡɾata C1	adjective - Ungrateful or unpleasant
Mentira menˈtiɾa A1	noun - Lie

Key Grammar Structures

• Sabrá dios si tú me quieres o me engañas

  ➔ Future of probability (Futuro de probabilidad)

  ➔ "Sabrá" is used here not for future time, but to express uncertainty or conjecture about the present.

• Como no adivino

  ➔ Present indicative negation

  ➔ The verb "adivinar" is in the first-person singular indicative to express a factual inability to predict.

• Seguiré pensando que me quieres

  ➔ Periphrasis (Seguir + gerund)

  ➔ The structure "seguir + gerund" indicates the continuation of an action over time.

• Aunque estés aquí

  ➔ Concessive clause with Subjunctive

  ➔ The conjunction "aunque" triggers the subjunctive ("estés") when it implies doubt or uncertainty about a concession.

• Uno no sabe nunca nada

  ➔ Indefinite pronoun 'Uno' / Double negation

  ➔ Spanish uses double negation ("no sabe nunca nada"), which reinforces the negative meaning.

• Me dará vergüenza si este amor fracasa

  ➔ Conditional 'if' clause (Type 1)

  ➔ The structure 'Si + present indicative' followed by a future tense represents a real, possible condition.

• Debo de estar loco

  ➔ Modal verb for supposition (Deber de + infinitive)

  ➔ "Deber de" followed by an infinitive is used to express probability or conjecture about the current state.

• Voy a luchar hasta arrancar esta mentira

  ➔ Periphrastic future (Ir a + infinitive)

  ➔ "Voy a luchar" indicates an imminent or planned action that the speaker is committed to.